Jon Avnet

Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the 1920s.

Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago.